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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

Magento Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') Vulnerability (CVE-2021-21015)

Description

Magento versions 2.4.1 (and earlier), 2.4.0-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.6 (and earlier) are vulnerable to an OS command injection via the customer attribute save controller. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution by an authenticated attacker. Access to the admin console is required for successful exploitation.

Remediation

References

CVE-2021-21015

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-21015 CWE-138 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities

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